Fluid motor



3 Sheets-Sheet l March 11, 1941. o. A. Kr-:HLE

FLUID Mo'ron Filed June 20, 1959 0. A. KEHLE FLUID MOTOR Filed June 20, 19259 March 11, 1941."

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o. A. KEHLE FLUID MOTOR Filed June 2o. 1959 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 J' 9 9 "1 ha." z /87 -eeefxeeerlgaeee .w////////////////////////////////////////////////// l I 86 m um I adjacent the bore I5 via fluid passageways 10 and 10a formed in body 5 and recess 8a formed in the inner wall of end plate 8, and bushing 60 has an annular port 63 communicating with the rear end of cylinder bore I5 via fluid passageways 1|,I 1|a formed in body 5 and recess 1a formed in the inner wall of end plate 1. Valve operating pin 2| is threadedly secured transversely in stem 5| rear end of said stem. A -uid ldelivery passage 80 is formed in body 5 parallel to valve bore I6. Said passageway extends lengthwise of the body, being closed at i-ts ends by end. plates 1 and 8, and communicates with the front end of lthe valve bore I6 via recess 8b formed in the inner wall of end plate 8 and communicating with the rear end of .the valve bore I6 via recess 1b formed in the .inner face of end plate 1. The course of the iluid through said passageways will be later described.

Referring now more particularly to the valve operating structure, the top of body 5 is provided with a channel 85 in which is slidably mounted slide bar 86, which is operably secured at one of its ends to pin 31 and which carries '25 post 90V extending upwardly from its opposite end, said post having a base portion of increased diameter to present a bearing shoulder 92. Post 90 carries a flanged bushing 95, over which one end of a connecting r'od 96 is rotatably mounted. For purposes of weight reduction, connecting rod 96 is preferably provided with a plurality of openings 91. The opposite end of connecting rod 96 is pivotally secured, by headed pin |00, to the valve operating unit generally designated by the numeral |0| and now to be described, said pin |00 presenting an annular shoulder |00a against which connecting rod 96 rests- Referring particularly to Figs. l, 4 and 8, a plate |02 is mounted against'the top surface of bOdy 5, said plate presenting upwardly projecting side flanges |03, which flanged sides diverge from the rear end of the plate towards the opposite end. Rockably mounted on plate |02 there is a link |05 which is pivotally secured to plate |02 and body 5 by means of screw |06 and bushing |01, said screw also serving to secure the rear end of plate |02 to the body. The forward end of plate |02 is held against rocking movement by means of depending ears |09 which project into recess I0 in the body 5.

R/otatably mounted on headed pin II5, which pin iits into a hole provided in and adjacent the forward end of plate |02, there is a fulcrum nut ||6 which provides a fulcrum for a yoke |.I8

whose branches ||9 and |20 straddle thenut IIE.

Yoke ||8 is pivotally secured at its inner end to one end of link |05 by means of pin |00 and is downwardly curved in longitudinal section at |I8a (Fig. 4) so that its outer end portion is coplanar with link |05. The outer end of branches ||9 and |20 of yoke |I8 confine therebetween a nut-|25, which nut is rotatably mounted on bushing |26, said bushing surrounding valve operating pin 2| before described.

Fluid under pressure enters through hose |40 (Fig. 1) which is secured -to end plate 8 by any suitable means such as by connecting member I4I. The iiuid enters end plate 8 via the passageway formed by ports |42, |43 and |44 port |43 being controlled by valve |50 which is normally urged against its seat |5I' by coil spring |52 and being movable downwardly off its seat to open the passageway by stem |54, which is adaptedto be manually pressed downwardly by lever |55. Lever '|55 is mounted on end plate 8 by means of bracket |51 secured thereto by screw |58.' Arm portion |55a of the lever is preferably sufciently exible that when the motor is in operation, portion |55a may be held down against .the top of the cover plate, inasmuch as normalway formed by recess 1b, valve controlled port 63 and ports 1|, 1Ia and 1a.. When valve member 51 reaches exhaust port opening position (the exhaust port being shown in partially open position in Fig. 6), the fluid which passes from cylinder I5 via passageways 8a, 10a, 10 and port 62 enters bore I6 around stem 54 and passes upwardly through port |60 into the upper structure of the motor housed by top cover plate I0 and thence out through port |62 (Fig. 1) in the.

front cover plate 8. When valve 58 is in exhaust port opening position- (which takes place fully when it reaches the right extremity of movement in Fig. 6), the fluid from the rear end of cylinder I5 is exhausted through the passageway formed by ports 1a, 1|a, 1| and port 63, thence around stem 55 in bore I6 and thence upwardly through body opening into the upper structure of the motor housed by cover I0 and nally passes out through port |62.

In Figs. 1 and 5, I show my motor mounted on and operably connected to av sanding and bufiing device P which is comprised of a pad element |50 consisting of a relatively thick flexible rubber pad |5| having a bottom facing sheet |52 and a top facing sheet |53. Sheets |52 and |53, while ilexible, are preferably relatively stiffer and more durable than pad I5| and I have found that leather is a desirable material for said sheets. The central portion |5|a of pad I5| is relatively thicker than the remainder of said pad and is provided with a socket |60' lined with a metal bushing |6| into which the lower end of pin extension 36 extends to a point spaced from the bottom. Pin 36 has a longitudinal bore |63, in which bore a plunger |64 is slidably mounted, said plunger being urged against the bottom of bushing |6| by coil spring |65, which spring seats at its bottom against the top end of pin |64 and at its top end against the.

upper end of the bore. The lower end of pin |64 and the medial bottom bearing portion of bushing |6| are V-shaped in cross section for the purpose of maintaining the pin |64 centered therein. Facing sheet |52 is covered at its bottom by felt member |65 and a work sheet |66 is project at' their ends beyond the sides of the pad see Fig. 3) and, adjacent their ends, are provided with. annular channels |18, into which channels are tted the elastic strips |80, each of vwhich strips is provided with ahole I8| at each end to lit over the projecting end of the cross lid bar, there being one of said strips |80 at each side of the pad. The pad unit P is secured to the bottom of the motor body by means of a plate M which has a depending flange |86 at each side. Plate |85 is secured to the motor body by means of screws I 31 which pass through plate i25, a companion plate |88 and into the body 5. Plates |85 and |88 are provided with a central opening |90, which opening is sufficiently large to permit pin 36 to oscillate by virtue of movement of the motor piston.

Socket itil' and its associated elements are protected from entry of dust and foreign matter by means of a skirt |92 which is secured at its lower end to pad portion |5|a by a rin-g which nts into annular channel |93 and is secured at its top end by being confined between plates |85, itt around opening |00.

.it pair of transversely extending tubular ilexible members |95--for instance, each of these members may be comprised of a length of rubber hosespaces pad element |50 from plate |88, said tubular members being held at their top against plate |88 by means of cross pins |96, which pins project at their respective ends through holes in flanges |06 and extend longitudinally in the tubular members |95. Bolts lill, which extend through pad element |50 and` through the lower wall of the tube |95, secure the pad element |50 to the tubes |95 by means of vthe concaved cross strips |98, the nuts |93a and the lockwashers |98b.

In operation, the work faceof such sanding and bufiing devices usually creates considerable dust and the like and to correct that shortcoming I provide a skirt 200' surrounding the working parts of the sanding and bufling element, said skirt preferably being of 'soft rubber and being secured to the motor device by its top edge fitting over the periphery of plate |85. To withdraw such dust or the like, a hose 20|, which communicates with `the interior of the skirt through a connecting member 202, leads to a suitable suction creating member (not shown).

The operation of my motor is as follows. When the fluid flow control lever |55a is manually pressed down, valve |50' is moved olf its seat to allow fluid under pressure to enter from line |40 through passageways |42, |43, |44, 8b

into chamber 80, from which it is alternately fed to the respective ends of `cylinder I5.

In Fig. 6, the piston 25 is shown substantially in center position and moving to the left. The fluid flow to the right hand end of cylinder l5, from chamber 90 through passageway 1b, end lita of the valve cylinder l5, port 63 and passageways ll, lia and la, has now been closed offby virtue of end 58 o f the valve stem moving to the right to cover port B3. Movement of the piston 25 to the left is continued by virtue of expansion of the fluid behind the right hand end oi' the piston. Fluid .is being exhausted from the left hand end of the cylinder l5 through passageway to, a, "l0, 52, around the reduced valve stern portion 54 and port |50. Upon further movement of piston 25 to the left, valve member til will be moved to exhaust port closing position and, before the piston reaches the extreme left end position, the intake through end 51a ofv valve cylinder I8 and port 52 will be opened to allow entry of fluid to cushion the end of the stroke and valve member 58 will have reached its exhausting position. u'Ihen as piston 25 begins its right hand movement, valve member 51 remains n its fully open position until the clearance provided by space 2|0 between fulcriim nut IIB and yoke arm is taken up.

By virtue of my improved valve actuating means, a wide variety of timing can be obtained by the simple expedient of varying the relative length of the link |05and yoke H8, or by varying the clearance 2li) by substituting a narrower or wider fulcrum member lili or by varying the distance between the yoke arms H9 and |20.

By providing the clearance 2N) at the fulcrum point, the valve will stay in its end position until that clearance is taken up before movement of the valve stem in the opposite direction is commenced. The degree oi filling cylinder l5 therefore can be predetermined by the amount of lag or clearance introduced at the fulcrum usually it is desirable to continue this iilling operation during from forty to fifty percent of the piston travel. Since the piston travels a relatively considerable distance before the valve is moved from its extreme end position, the movement of the valve during the remainder of the piston travel is quite rapid, providing a snap action for closing and opening the valve ports, which is a highly desirable result in that it reduces throttling losses to the minimum.

In Figs. 9, lll and 11, I show a variational form o-f my invention, the variations having particularly to do with the valve actuating means.

In those figures, I show a body 5a having a longitudinal cylinder bore iba in which is slidably mounted piston a. The body has an upper rectangular channel #10a and a lower similarly shaped channel 4|a,.which channels extend from the cylinder interior to the exterior of the body. A pin a extends transversely through the central portionv of the piston and has end 31a projecting above channel a, which end terminates in reduced portion 31h providing la shoulder 31o. Lower end 28a of the. pin projects through channel lila to provide a power-transmitting means at the bottom of the body, the

lower end portion 38a of the pin `being hollow to house a coil spring |65a, which spring is the same as spring |65 before described.

Rotate-bly mounted on pin portion 31h, I provide a yoke 250 which has a longitudinal slot 25| through the outer end of which valve operating pin 2| projects. Pin 2| moves along the channel 20o which extends from the valve bore through the top of the channel as before described. A pin 25d is screwthreadedly mounted at its bottom end in body 5a and carries a sleeve 25d and bushing 22d, which pin, sleeve and bushing project through slot Ztl, between the valve operating pin 2l and the point of connection oi the yoke with bushing 2lb, thus forming a `fulcrinn tor the yoke member.

The remaining parts of the motor of Figs. 9 and lil are the same as described in connection with the other iigures.

In operation, yoke 25W acts as a leverancl as the piston travels longitudinally of the cylinder, the inner side surfaces of theyoke alternately engage the fulcrum sleeve 255 to cause the outer end of the yoke to engage valve operating pin 2l to slide the valve stem within the valve bore in the manner before described. A clearance 260 is provided by making sleeve 255 of a diameter less than the width of slot 2M, and a clear.

ance is also provided between sleeve 252 and the opposite arms of yoke 252, all so as to provide a lag at the respective ends ofthe piston stroke for lthe purposes before described.

While, in the foregoing description, I have resorted to various details oi structure and association of parts, I wish it understood that I do not thereby coniine my invention to such specic details. Rather, various modifications and adaptations may be made within the broader scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A fluid motor comprising a body having a cylinder bore, a piston slldably mounted in the cylinder bore, fluid passageways in the body establishing communicationbetween the cylinder and the body exterior, valve means in the body for controlling said passageways to alternately admit fluid to and pass iiuid from the respective ends of the cylinder bore via said passageways, a valve operating member connected to the valve means, means operably connected with the piston and with the valve operating member for actuating the valve means by virtue of sliding movement of the piston, including a yoke pivotally connected at its inner end to the body, said yoke having two horizontally spaced parallel legs extending from its inner end, said respective legs passing on the respective sides of the valve operating member for'alternate engagement therewithyfulcrum means carried by the body and extending between and being engageable by the legs of the yoke, and a connecting rod operatively connected at one end to the piston and at its other end to the inner end of the yoke.

2. The device of claim 1 in which the fulcrum member is of a width less than the distance between the legs of the yoke.

3. A fluid motor comprising a body having a cylinder bore, a piston slidably mounted in the cylinder bore, fluid passageways in the body establishing communication between the cylinder and the body exterior, valve means in the body for controlling said passageways to alternately admit fluid to and pass fluid from the respective ends of the cylinder bore via said passageways,

a valve operating member connected to the valve means, means operably connected with the piston and with the valve operating member for actuating the valve means by virtue of sliding movement of the piston, including a link pivotally connected at its inner end to the body, a yoke pivotally connected at its inner end to the outer end of the link and having two spaced parallel legs extending outwardly from a point spaced from its inner end, said valve operating member being positioned between and engageable by the legs of the yoke, a fulcrum member rotatably carried by the body and being positioned between the yoke legs at a point spaced from their ends so as to be alternately engageable by said legs, and a connecting rod operatively connected at one end to the piston and at its other end to the inner end of the yoke.

` 4; The device of claim 3sin which the fulcrum member is comprised of a sleeve rotatably mounted on a pin carried by the body and in whic'ny said sleeve is of a` width less than the distance between the legs of the yoke.

5. A fluid motor comprising a body having a cylinder bore, a piston slidably mounted in the cylinder bore, uid passageways in the body establishing communication between the cylinder and the body exterior, valve means in the body for controlling said passageways to alternately admit uid to and Apass iiuid from the respective ends of the cylinder bore via said passageways, a valve operating member connected to the valve means, means operably connected with the piston and with the valve operating member for acf tuating the valve means by virtue of sliding movement of the piston, including a plate secured to the body, a link pivotally secured at its inner end to the plate, a yoke pivotally connected at its inner end to the outer end of the link and having two horizontally spaced parallel legs extending outwardly from a point spaced from its inner end, said valve operating member beingrpositioned between and engageable by the legs of the yoke, a pin secured to the plate and positioned between said legs at a point spaced from their ends, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the pin for alternate engagement by the respective legs of the yoke whereby said sleeve acts as a fulcrum for the yoke, and a connecting rod operatively connected at one end to the piston and at its other end to the inner end of the yoke.

6. A device of the class described comprising a body having a cylinder bore, a. piston slidably 'mounted in the bore, an end plate secured to the body, a cover plate on the body, a uid inlet port through the end plate, valve means controlling said inlet port, a valve operating handle secured to the end plate and extending over and substantially parallel to the cover plate, said handle being operatively connected to said valve, iiuid passageways in the body establishing communication between said inlet port and said cylinder bore, valve means controlling said passageways and an operative connection between said piston and said last mentioned valve means whereby said valve is actuated by virtue of the movement of the piston.

7. A device of the class described comprising a body having an end cover plate and a top cover plate, a cylinder bore in the body, a piston slidably mounted in the cylinder-bore, a fluid inlet port through the end plate, valve means controlling said inlet port, a valve stem connected at its lower end to the valve and projecting at its upper end through the top of the end plate, a spring normally urging the valve into closed position, a valve stem operating lever pivotally mounted at one end on the end plate and extending over the top cover plate, said lever bearing against said projecting end of the valve stem whereby when the lever is pressed down the valve stem will act so as to move the valve into open position, a fluid passageway in the body establishing communication between said inlet port and said cylinder bore, valve means controlling said passageway, and an operative connection between said piston and said last mentioned valve means whereby said valve is actuated by virtue of movement of the piston.

8. A device of the class described comprising a body having end plates and a longitudinal cylinder bore, said end plates forming closures for the ends of the cylinder, a piston mounted in the cylinder, said piston being shorter than the cylinder bore so as to be slidable therein, a valve bore in the body, a valve stem slldably mounted in the valve bore. a valve head at each end of the valve stem, a iiuid chamber within the body, uid passageways in the body, one of said passageways leading from one end of the fluid chamber through the valve bore to one end of the cylinder bore and another of said passageways leading from the other end of the iluid chamber through the valve bore to the other end of the cylinder bore, a vertically disposed channel in the body extending from the valve bore to' the top ofthe body, a valve stem operating pin secured at its lower end to the valve stem and projecting at its top en d through the body, said pin extending lont the valve stem operating pin at one end, 'a connesting rod operatively connected at one end to the piston and at its other end to the other end of the lever, and a fulcrum member on the body between the ends of the lever and being engageable by the lever. y

9. The device of claim 8 which includes a iluid supply port communicating with the fluid chamber, a valve controlling said port and means for manually actuating said valve, including a valve stem connected at one end to the valve and projecting at its other end through the top of an end plate, anda lever mounted at one end on said end plate and extending at its other end over,

the top of the body, said lever enga-ging said projecting end of thevalve stem as a fulcrum.

10. A fluid motor comprising a body having a "cylinder bore, a piston slidably mounted in the ment of the piston, including a link pivotally connected at its inner end to the body, a lever whose inner end is mounted on and pivotally connected to the other end of the link, the outer end of said lever being bifurcated and being downwardly and outwardly curved adjacent its point of connection with the link, and a fulcrum member carried by the body and projecting between said bifurcations at a point spaced from their ends, said bifurcations passing on the respective sides ofthe valve operating member in position to move said member when moved about said fulcrum..

1,1. A fluid motor comprising a body having a cylinder bore, al piston slidably mounted in the cylinder bore, fluid passageways in the body establishing communication between the cylinder and the body exterior, valve means in the body for controlling said passageways to alternately admit fluid to and pass fluid from the respective ends of the cylinder bore via said passageways, a valve operating member connected to the valve means, means operably connected with Vthe piston and with the valve operating member for actuating the valve means by virtue of sliding movement of the piston, including said piston having a cup washer secured to each of its ends by means of a screw threadedly mounted longitudinally in the piston and a pair of pins extending transversely through the piston, each of said pins intersecting one of said screws to hold it against rotation with respect to the piston.`

OTTMAR A. KEI-ILE. 

